Monday 26 May 2014
Week 20 - 24th May - animation breakdown final
Beginning: (00:00 – 00:52)
Composed by Emma Rowsell
Set created and designed by Katie Plume
Armature created by Emma Rowsell
Stop Motion animation by Emma Rowsell
Middle: (00:53 – 02:46)
Composed by Katie Plume
All animations timed by Katie Plume
Camera movement by Emma Rowsell
Felt animation (00:53 – 00:57) Emma Rowsell
Letter animation (00:58 – 01:18) Katie Plume
Page animation Emma Rowsell, page masking Katie Plume
(01:19 – 01:22)
London 50s shot (01:22 – 01:29) Designed and
animated by Katie
Plume, Advertisements created by Emma Rowsell
Photo manipulation animation (01:30 – 01:38) Emma Rowsell
Swing 50s (01:39 – 01:55) Katie Plume
London 2000 (01:56 – 02:02) Animated and
designed by Katie
Plume, Advertisements created by Emma Rowsell
Last swing fragile Millie (02:03 – 02:40) Katie Plume
Last London (02:41 – 02:45) Katie Plume
Ending: (02:46 – 03:22)
Exterior set designed and created by Emma Rowsell
Stop motion composed and animated by Emma Rowsell
2D composed and animated by Katie Plume
Sound:
Stop motion soundtracks by Emma Rowsell
Memory Book soundtrack by Katie Plume
Week 20 - 24th May - sound
The music used for the stop motion sections:
(sourced from Audio Network)
Beginning:
(sound effects used from free sounds.org)
(sourced from Audio Network)
Cast Your Cares Away by Paul Mottram
Ending:
Railroad Jive by David Tobin / Jeff Meegan / Charley Harrison
(sound effects used from free sounds.org)
Week 20 - 24th May - editing stop motion
Putting together all of the stop motion scenes and editing them so everything flows smoothly.
Week 20 - 24th May - Camera memory book
After Katie did the timing of the memory book, I then created the camera movement with in the book.
I used 3 different methods for the movement:
- Keying the transform settings to move the page, then using easy ease to make a smoother movement
- Using a Camera
- Using a camera and parenting it to a null object so it easier to manoeuvre
I used 3 different methods for the movement:
- Keying the transform settings to move the page, then using easy ease to make a smoother movement
- Using a Camera
- Using a camera and parenting it to a null object so it easier to manoeuvre
Week 20 - 24th May - Masking
Masked the felt page design to the beginning stop motion scenes
Test 01:
This is an unmasked test, the page is supposed to the page below. I found it very hard to match up the designs to the stop motion as it moves quite alot.
The finished result is still a little jolty but overall the main character animation takes main focus so hopefully it wont be very noticeable.
Test 01:
This is an unmasked test, the page is supposed to the page below. I found it very hard to match up the designs to the stop motion as it moves quite alot.
The finished result is still a little jolty but overall the main character animation takes main focus so hopefully it wont be very noticeable.
Week 19 - 23rd May - Page turn
Creating a page turn for the memory book.
Test 01:
Test 02:
Final:
We both decided that only one page turn would be used for the memory book. It will be used after the first page, this is enough to suggest to the audience that it is a book, if we put a page turn for all of the book it would be become very repetitive.
Katie then masked the page designs on top of this page turn.
Test 01:
Test 02:
We both decided that only one page turn would be used for the memory book. It will be used after the first page, this is enough to suggest to the audience that it is a book, if we put a page turn for all of the book it would be become very repetitive.
Katie then masked the page designs on top of this page turn.
Week 19 - 23rd May - Spirit animation
I created a 2D spirit animation to go on top of the beginning scenes in the stop motion.
Process shown below:
Process shown below:
Week 19 - 22nd May - Photo manipulation update
I made some slight changes to the photo manipulation animation I created for the last animatic.
I made Arthur and Millie the main focus of movement in the images.
I added in the characters on top so the audience can recognise who is supposed to who in the real photographs.
Final animations:
I made Arthur and Millie the main focus of movement in the images.
I added in the characters on top so the audience can recognise who is supposed to who in the real photographs.
Week 19 - 22nd May - memory book still
Using a stop motion still I created the book background for the memory book.
Week 19 - 21st May - felt final
Putting the felt page together:
Below are the backgrounds I created for the photos, for the final animation I used an old photo texture to put on top of the frames to create a vintage look.
The final felt animation
Week 19 - 20th May - Millies felt animation
This was my first animation test for Millies felt. This was before i decided to change her design.
Second animation test using the new design
Final animation for Millie felt
Second animation test using the new design
Final animation for Millie felt
Week 19 - 18th May - Arthurs felt animation tests
Felt animation line test
Updated felt animation
Final coloured felt animation
Week 19 - 17th May - Day to night
After Katie and I looked through her spirit animation for the end of the stop motion, we found that it was hard to see the delicate animation on top of the stop motion. So we decided to change the ending scenes to night. This also ties in with the memory book as the last shot the audience sees in the book is Arthur alone in London at night.
I was familiar with the technique changing scenes from day to night using After Effects, so thought this would be the most effective way.
A breakdown of stages on how I created the exterior day to night:
I was familiar with the technique changing scenes from day to night using After Effects, so thought this would be the most effective way.
A breakdown of stages on how I created the exterior day to night:
1. Original shot
2. Additional forest background
3. Using curves to adjusts colour and contrast to create night look
4. Adding in windows
5. Creative a matte to apply moonlight effect
6. Moonlight effect
7. Masked in additional moonlight on floor
9. Final shot with spirit dance in window
Other Scenes: Before and After
Week 18 - 16th May - set extension
For the last scene in the end of the stop motion I had to create a set extension as the set was not big enough to fit in the animation of the last dance scene.
Testing out what to put in the set extension
Testing out what to put in the set extension
Feedback: All the furniture is in one corner! Looks very strange
Tried to spread out the furniture by putting a bookcase in the shot
Another bookcase example
Finally decided to add a rug to balance everything out - Final shot
Week 18 - 14th May - Masking
As I green screened all of the window for the stop motion i had to mask them out and create windows and backgrounds for them. I had some issues with this, the green screen did not work as there were green shades in the set so the colour did not pick up so well. Also as the stop motion camera moves slightly I had to key in the movement for the window to follow the movement. I tried using the track motion in After Effects but the results were not as effective as I hoped.
Two examples of the windows I created for the stop motion:
Two examples of the windows I created for the stop motion:
Week 18 - 13th May - Cleaning up stop motion
Scene 07 in the stop motion required me to use wire to make the book fall, so cleaned up all the wires in the shot.
Week 19 - 20th May - Millies felt design
As the felt design for Millie was very stylised, I decided to make her look more like Katie's character design for Millie. This made more sense as then the audience can recognise the character!
Original felt design:
Original felt design:
New Design:
Week 18 - 12th May - editing stop motion
Editing the opening shot of the stop motion. Keying out the green screen windows of the exterior set and creating windows and adding in extra details to the house.
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